On Dec 4, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote:
--- "Ryan K. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What's the consensus on using the DL instead of the D with all the
"old
lenses" (screwmount, M, K, A). Any different? I'm used to the
D, but
these prices on the DL are so low!
I've had mine only a couple of weeks, but I've been using my SMC-A
50mm f/2.0
and SMC-A 28mm f/2.8 on it fairly regularly. I am quite impressed
with the
results from both. However, manual focus can be tricky - the
viewfinder isn't
too "manual-focus" friendly. When I've had problems focussing
these lenses
it's been mainly in low light situations.
Part of the issue, Peter, is that the Pentax-A 50/2 is not as
contrasty and sharp wide-open as some other lenses. It's more
difficult to focus manually than, say, the A50/1.7 or FA35/2 by a
good margin because of this, even the FA20-35/4 is a bit easier to
focus manually.
The A50/2 is a darn good performer stopped down to f/4-5.6 or so,
however.
Godfrey
